Device for grooming animals



To all-whom it may concern.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. ,i

-sILAs E. BAUDEE, or SANDUSKY, onto.`

yulavlcr: Foa cRoo-MING ANIMALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,420, dated February 7, 1888.

Application filed October 5, 1887. Serial No. 251,555. (No model.

Be it known that I, SILAs E. BAUDER, of the city of Sandusky, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Device for Grooming Animals; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction' and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a perspective of my grooming-stick. Fig. 2 of the drawings represents a Wide-face end band, showing the ends of the longitudinal wires fastened thereto by means of staples and tacks or their equivalent; and Fig. 3 represents a ferrule adapted to be driven over the wide-face end bands andthe ends, of the longitudinal wires.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My invention relates to a device for curry-v ing and cleaning the skin and hair of horses and other animals, and is adapted to remove' the old hair, dried sweat, and other foreignY substances from the skin' of such animalsY quickly without scratching or otherwise inj uring the skin ofthe animal so groomed,and, owing to the length of the handle, the loosened hair and dirtare not apt to lodge on the clothing of the operator, the construction rendering it self-cleaning, or nearly so.`

Other features will be hereinafter referred to and explained. The inventionfconsists of a handle having bands or astragals turned on the upper or head end thereof, the'two end bands being greater in face width thanthe intermediateones. A series of longitudinal wires are secured to the bands by staples or tacks, or equivalent device, parallel with each other,a distance apart around the circumference of said bands. Fer# rules are driven over the ends ofthe wires and the wide-faced end bands, and an iron Spud having a slot inits center is screwed into the lower end of the handle for the pur-Y pose of cleaning the shoes and the-feet of the animal, and the slot is of service when a cloth is passed to its middle portion through it to dust the animal with. A wide staple is driven into the upper end of said handle for grooming purposes and to hangA the device up by when not in use. `v f f -Y Referring to the drawings, A represents'the handle having wide-faced end bands Vor astragals, c, and narrow-faced intermediate bands or astragals, a', turned on theupper-or` head end thereof; B, the4 longitudinal wires `prop-v Verly secured to said bands or astragals; C, fer`r rules yover the ends of thewires and thewidefacedfend bands or astragals;l D, an iron Spud having slot d screwed into the lower. endy of f the handle, and E 'a ywide staple driven adistanceinto the upper end of said handle.

. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim,`and desire to secure by Letters 'Patent of the 4United States, isr .y

1. As.` a new article of manufacture, the

grooming-stick described, consisting of a ha n'- dle having wide-faced end bands and narrowfy facedintermediate bands turned on the upper i or head end thereof, and a series of wires secured to said wide-faced end bands and resti with each other a distance apart entirely ing uponsaidnarrow-facedintermedatebands, running lengthwise with said--handleparallel around the circumference of said bands, subf stantially as and rfor the purpose herein set forth. 1 n

2. As a new article of manufacture, the grooming-stick described, consisting of a han- 'dle having a number of bands or'astragals turned onone end thereof 'and an 4iron spud v screwed into the opposite end, a series lof longitudinal wires secured to said bands or astra? gals at intervals around the circumference thereof, and ferrules encircling both the end I bands or astragals and the ends of said longitudinal wires, substantially as herein described. 3. As anew article of manufacture, the

grooming-stick described, consisting of thehandle A, having bands orastragals avc', longitudinal wires B, ferrules C, spud D, having slot d, and staple E, constructed, arranged, `9

and operating as and for the purposesset forth. In testimony that I claim the above I have Witnesses:

LEWIS N. WERNER, JNo. F. MoCRYsTAL;

hereunto subscribed my name inthe presence 4 l 

